Wednesday, June 26, 2013

OPV007 : Les Boucles Absurdes / Boîtes à tartinesThis is a story going back in 1982 when Pierre Vervloesem used to play with a band called Itza Uchen.Jean-Pierre Jonckheere was the guitar player and since then never really stopped playing music and composing dozen of tracks at his own studio Zottecrolle.In 2012 he finally selected 15 of them and asked different players to join him and add what was needed to finish them.He gave the result to Pierre who added a little bit of everything everywhere and did the mixing and the mastering.Pierre is happy now to release it on his P.V.Presents Series.Digital and physical releases on the 5th of August 2013.Les Boucles Absurdes are Jean-Pierre Jonckheere featuring:Pierre Vervloesem: a little bit of everything everywhereValentine Garand, Isabelle Bats & Mariam Ben Ajiba: additional vocals and lyricsAlbert Marcoeur: loopMorgan Ägren: additional drumsSerge Michiels: additional guitarFrom United Mutations bogspot: here" I mentioned this new album by Les Boucles Absurdes a bit over a month ago in a short newsflash. In the meantime, I've received the shiny disc and I have played it like crazy.
"Boîte à Tartines" ('Brooddoos' in Dutch, or 'Bread Box' in English) is collection of catchy melodies. All of the melodies and its variations are repeated in loops (Boucles = Loops). Performed on guitar, synthesizer and tuned percussion. Strange Music. I love it."Here's what my friend Harry replied after he had given the album a listen:"having listened to the entire "Boite a tartines" album - let me say, it's one of the craziest albums I have ever listended to in my entire life:-) But I love it - it's funny, crazy and beautiful. Fuck - forget about the Residents, Arthur Barrow and Marcoeur influences I mentioned in my Email earlier - it's beyond categorization. I heard a lot of Marcour references throughout the album on various pieces, but not him participating on the piece he is mentioned - it's probably just a "boucle" - the ringtones he offers on his site and that's on my mobile...But I heard a lot of Trent Reznor influences on the album as well. Some songs reminded me of "How to destroy angels" - Trent Reznor's side project...Goddammit, we fucking Germans try to analyse things over...Analyzing is - auf gut deutsch: für'n ARSCH!"

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

After the re release of the album Neverless on Off, this one sees finally the never released fantastic concert they gave at Porgy and Bess in 2005.After the pleasurable experience of recording the "Neverless" album together "via email," between Roedelius' home near Vienna, and Morgan's longtime personal studio in Tokyo, they decided to meet in Vienna and continue the music, this time in real time. Morgan flew from Japan bearing a large suitcase packed with small and unusual keyboards, acoustic, analogue and digital, with devices that let him expand their tones into panoramic soundscapes. On October 30th, 2005, the two took to the stage and gave a memorable concert at one of Vienna's finest jazz clubs, Porgy and Bess. The performance was intuitive, exploratory, heartfelt improvisation - the keyboards, loops and percussion weaving intricate patterns that resonated between the alluring red walls of what had, years ago, been an erotic cinema, a wartime military headquarters, an art theater, and on this night, a temple of music.

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